Newest Weapon in War on Drugs? Special-Ed Kids

By BitcoDavid

AlterNet reports that a California school administrator forced a Special-Education student to buy marijuana from a teenaged suspect, for a police sting. The boy is now the subject of bullying, violence and threats, and his parents are suing the district.

In a complaint filed against the Temecula Valley Unified School District this month, the child’s mother said, “My husband and I were just dumbfounded. How is this OK?” — AlterNet. She went on to mull the question as to when school administrators became cops.

Here’s a block quote from the AlterNet story:

[T]he assistant principal asked the special-education student to ask a fellow student for some marijuana; the assistant principal had a suspicion that the student was selling pot. The student told his parents about the request, and his parents then called the school to voice their objections. But the sting went ahead as planned. The marijuana was sold, and the school district called the police, who arrested the teenage dealer.

The parents want school district officials to be held accountable for this action. The claim they filed against the district states that officials engaged in “outrageous, reckless, illegal and egregious conduct.”

The parents told the Press Enterprise that school officials have done nothing to address their concerns, though the principal did tell the mother the school let her son down.

Here’s a link to AlterNet’s coverage.

As the school to prison pipeline widens, and the failed War on Drugs continues to rage like a wildfire, private – for profit – corporations like CCA clap like dolphins at Sea World. America creates the largest Criminal Class in history, and gladly furthers her status as the World’s Jailer.

BitcoDavid is a blogger and a blog site consultant. In former lives, he was an audio engineer, a videographer, a teacher – even a cab driver. He is an avid health and fitness enthusiast and a Pro/Am boxer. He has spent years working with diet and exercise to combat obesity and obesity related illness.

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